Notebook driven accumulation of meeting documentation and notations

US9449303B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Thomas C. Underhill · Oslo, NO
• Cynthia Wessling · Redmond, US
• Apeksha Godiyal · Bellevue, US
• Syed Mustafa Bilal · Bellevue, US
• Hong Lin · Bellevue, US
• Nathaniel Stott · Redmond, US
• Charles Duze · Sammamish, US
• Po-Yan Tsang · Seattle, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 19, 2012
• Grant date: Sep 20, 2016
• Expiry date: Apr 21, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L12/1818
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A notebook component within a note-taking application is utilized as a centralized mechanism for recording notations and providing documentation related to a particular meeting. The meeting participants are provided with centralized access to the notebook component and thus are able to update the notebook record of the meeting collaboratively and in real time. In addition to user-driven updates, updates may also be generated on an automatic or semi-automatic basis. Updates may be made before, during or after the actual meeting. Updates may originate from an application data source outside of the note-taking application itself.